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best professional server Distro option? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 hours ago by Bullerfar@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am about to set up a cloud instance with linux operating system, and the common choice here normally would be ubuntu. But since they failed their newest release, and I have the option of going fedora or debian. What would you guys recommend for server?

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[–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world -2 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

My AI says I should always choose Debian 12 (last stabel) instead of 13 (latest build). Is this still a thing? Not hosting applications that needs to be reliably run on latest builds?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 1 points 36 minutes ago

To find out the actual current latest stable, just check the site: https://www.debian.org/releases/

The stable distribution contains the latest officially released distribution of Debian.

This is the production release of Debian, the one which we primarily recommend using.

The current stable distribution of Debian is version 13, codenamed trixie. It was initially released as version 13.0 on August 9th, 2025 and its latest update, version 13.4, was released on March 14th, 2026.

[–] OhmeHose@feddit.org 8 points 4 hours ago

Classic AI Garbage!

Debian 13 is stable and the latest stable you can get...

This page has options for downloading and installing Debian 13.4.0, the stable release.

Debian 13 download page, source of quote

I'm running on Debian Trixie since release last year with exactly zero issues, you can hardly get more stable than with Debian.

[–] bizdelnick@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

The current stable release is Debian 13. Choosing 12 is nonsense.

[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 2 points 4 hours ago

Debian is already noiriously lagging behind latest package versions (that's how they make it so stable : they freeze all package versions when they release a new version of Debian, and only backport security fixes).

Either your AI was trained before Debian 13 came out, or it is giving you really bad advice. I can't think of a single good reason to use an older Debian for a fresh install...